diff --git a/rc/core/python.kak b/rc/core/python.kak
index 971fbce3..1083c8d7 100644
--- a/rc/core/python.kak
+++ b/rc/core/python.kak
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ hook global BufCreate .*[.](py) %{
 # ‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾
 
 add-highlighter shared/ regions -default code python \
-    double_string '"""' '"""'            '' \
-    single_string "'''" "'''"            '' \
+    docstring     '"""' '"""'            '' \
+    docstring     "'''" "'''"            '' \
     double_string '"'   (?<!\\)(\\\\)*"  '' \
     single_string "'"   (?<!\\)(\\\\)*'  '' \
     comment       '#'   '$'              ''
@@ -32,6 +32,13 @@ add-highlighter shared/python/code regex '\b\d+\+\d+[jJ]\b' 0:value
 
 add-highlighter shared/python/double_string fill string
 add-highlighter shared/python/single_string fill string
+
+add-highlighter shared/python/docstring/ regions -default docstring py-docstring \
+    python '>>> \K'    '\z' '' \
+    python '\.\.\. \K' '\z' ''
+add-highlighter shared/python/docstring/py-docstring/python    ref python
+add-highlighter shared/python/docstring/py-docstring/docstring fill string
+
 add-highlighter shared/python/comment       fill comment
 
 %sh{